1948 — Shannon

Foundations of information theory and signal abstraction.

1960 — Kalman

Deterministic estimation of state under dynamic conditions.

1978 — Lamport

Temporal ordering as a condition for distributed consistency.

1988 — Norman

Interpretive conditions of perception in human-system interaction.

1990 — Herlihy & Wing

Linearizability as a formal criterion of valid concurrent state transition.

→ PSTA

Deterministic conditioning of representational validity across system boundaries.